Capt. Joe Vojvodich, commander of Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound, was the presiding official over the time-honored ceremony.

The Coast Guard Band, out of Stony Brook, N.Y., played ceremonial music selections for the ceremony.

Station Eatons Neck’s 50-person crew is responsible for search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, and security operations on the western Long Island Sound. The Coast Guard has continuously conducted missions on Eatons Neck since 1798.

Pollock, a native of Baltimore, Md., will be reporting to the Coast Guard Cutter Sea Fox, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Silverdale, Wash.

Stauffer, a native of Muskatine, Iowa, reports from Coast Guard Sector Detroit, where he served as the Aids to Navigation Officer.

The change of command ceremony is a formal, time-honored ceremony conducted before the assembled officers and enlisted persons of a command that formally restates the continuing authority of that command. The change of command is a transfer of total responsibility and authority from one individual to another.